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This title introduces the idea of circuits consisting of multiple clinical scenarios.

OSCE Stations for Medical Finals Book 1:

Scenarios created to reflect current exam topics

Each scenario is subdivided into 4 to 6 related tasks

The reader is guided through stations covering: history taking, clinical signs, data interpretation, and clinical therapeutics.

By working methodically through the tasks the authors hope to promote the application and utilisation of knowledge and skills, asking candidates to think and act on the clinical information they have gathered. As the stations and tasks are linked, the candidate starts at station 1, and moves through each of the subsequent stations in the given order. Mirroring the real world, each task would be performed on the same patient.

Professor John Lumley, MS FRCS Professor of Surgery, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London. Member of Council, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Past World President, International College of Surgeons.

Reviews for OSCE Stations for Medical Finals Book 1

Excellent book

Excellent book, very relevant to my revision and a useful learning resource.

Thomas Reid

Essential Revision Aid

An informative book with most of the essential common cases expected for finals and step by step checklist for every history taking, examination and procedural skills exam. This is an essential revision aid and a practical guide to medicine.

John Simpson

Excellent

Excellent book for osce revision, seems to have a good range of stations to practise and really helpful explainations

Emma Atkinson

Aberdeen Medical School

‘Osce Stations for Medical Finals’ covers the main topics, in a way that is clinically relevant and in a similar style to real osce stations.It includes clinical cases and scenarios with instructions on what to do at the beginning of the chapters and in the later part of the chapters explains answers and marking criteria. This allows you to see the type of answers the examiner expects and the points that you missed. The book also includes data interpretation such as ECG and X-ray interpretation, with questions to test your knowledge, as well as how to write a death certificate and prescribe drugs. There are also questions and marking criteria on performing procedures such as venepuncture and catheterization.
I found this book particularly useful for practising communication and history taking skills and it is presented in a way which would be useful for practising with others.
There is a lot of writing; however it is broken down into boxes and sections which makes information more accessible and bearable to read.
As an additional point, I didn’t think it is necessary to have the boxes on professionalism, process and communication at the beginning of every chapter.

Amy Barnbrook

Scottish Universities Medical Journal

This revision text is a comprehensive source of20 clinical scenarios ranging from shortness of breath to confusionaiming to help prepare for the OSCE in medical finals. Importantly, the books cover all of the procedures and competencies included in Tomorrow’s Doctors and the Foundation Programme Application System [FPAS].
The book lends itself to team learning as each scenario is split into a section for a student to act as a patient/examiner and another student being the examinee which is an enjoyable way to learn. Each clinical scenario is broken down into several possible OSCE stations. These stations assess different areas including clinical examination, history taking skills, practical procedures, data interpretation and drug prescribing skills. I particularly like the way each scenario is broken down into sub-sections which assess different clinical domains. Thus, over the course of an hour or so you are able to thoroughly revise a clinical topic and feel confident about your knowledge. In addition, the end of each scenario contains a reflection and consolidation section which is useful to review the core competencies that you have been revising. The book also explains the answers which ensure that you actually understand why you made a mistake!
I should note that I felt that the drug prescribing stations and drug prescribing proforma were particularly helpful and have helped reinforce lessons learned on clinical attachments.
Overall I would recommend this text to other students as a useful revision text to improve confidence before the dreaded medical finals OSCE.